| 8. Mai Jing (The Pulse Classic) |
8. 《脈經》 |
| The "Mai Jing," or the "Pulse Classic," is a masterpiece on TCM's sphygmology written by Wang Shuhe in the 3rd century in the Western Jin Dynasty. Composed of 10 volumes and 98 chapters, it is the first works entirely devoted to pulse study in ancient China. |
《脈經》是中醫脈學著作，西晉王叔和撰于公元三世紀。全書共分10卷、98篇，是我國現存最早的脈學專著。 |
| Based on the "Huangdi Neijing" ("The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon"), the "Nan Jing" ("The Huang Emperor's Canon of 81 Difficult Issues") and the views of Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, the book collected the important material and reference on the pulse diagnosis methods, pathological mechanism reflected by the pulses and the significance of pulse diagnosis before the Jin Dynasty. |
本書取《內經》、《難經》以及張仲景、華佗等有關論述，將晉以前的診脈方法、脈象所反映的病理變化以及脈診的臨床意義等許多重要文獻資料均收集保存了下來。 |
| For the first time in the history, the book categorized all the pulse conditions into 24 types and described each in detail. |
另外，本書首次將脈象歸納為二十四種，并對每種脈象均作了具體描述。 |
